Youth safety resources

To promote youth safety, we offer a toolkit including resources for young workers, parents, employers and educators

Ohio's youth are the working adults of the future and keeping them safe at work is a priority for BWC. To promote youth safety, we want to partner with youth, parents, employers and educators to offer education and support for youth workers. The toolkit on this page helps us do that.

Sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), provides an abundance of information on youth safety, including facts for youth from hazard recognition to youth rights in the workplace. It includes teacher resources. It also provides information to employers specific to the youth worker and injury prevention in specific jobs such as agriculture, construction and fast food service

This Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety site is full of tips for young workers as well as a detailed listing of commonly held youth jobs with their hazards. It also provides information for parents and their roles in young worker safety as well as information for employers to provide guidance in health and safety.

Prepared by the University of Washington to help prevent young workers from being injured, harassed or killed on the job by providing them with information and educational resources. Includes teacher resources

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor provides links to rules pertaining to young workers including child labor provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act and occupational safety and health rules, which also pertain to young workers.

Sponsored by OSHA, designed to help the youth worker stay healthy and safe on the job through links specific to youth concerns including stressful conditions, dangerous work, unsafe equipment, trying to hurry and inadequate supervision. Also provides information to educators.

Educational resources on restrictions involving hours of employment and nature of work

Additional resources for educators

Sponsored by NIOSH, provides many valuable links for educators to assist with educating students in the importance of workplace safety as well as implementing their own safety and health programs through the NIOSH Safety Checklist Program for Schools.